Hello Everyone!
How awful am I? Start a blog and then go on a hiatus! Well I’m back and with lots to share!
Firstly, planning for Kyle and my ‘going away’ is underway. Both our mothers are taking charge and organizing the night. (how nice-I know both Kyle and I are thankful) They have already sent out the invites (see below) and are just waiting for the RSVPs to come back.
The party is going to be held on December 10th starting around 8pm. It will be a bitter sweet night. I am very excited to have a great night with all my favourite people but the lingering thought that we wont be seeing them for some time will be hard to take...but the excitement of it all seems to over shadow everything at the moment. What I'm saying is that It has still not sunken in that we are leaving, so i haven’t even had the time to get to emotional about the whole thing.
This Saturday Kyle and I are flying out to Vancouver to try to find a place to live and also a new car for him...seems easy enough right? Well let me tell you...ITS NOT! Its probably because (like Kyle says) I stress over everything but I just want to have a sense of certainty that we will find a place and preferably a place we both like. The hard part is we are not set on one area yet! So I am looking at all of them and researching the areas, calling the landlords, making appointments...its exhausting...
We fly back the day of our going away party so hopefully we will have good news to share with everyone! (I will be sure to update you all as well)
Kyle is in Ohio right for business and I am back home starting packing. It snowed yesterday here...the kind of snow that suck around for at least a day but as i look out the window now i can see that it already started to melt. Its been unseasonably warm here which makes it feel less like Christmas (since i am so use to snow during this time of year) I am not minding the warmth but i was very excited to see the snow yesterday...I want to get in some good "snowy" fun before we leave, Tobogganing, ice skating, snow angels and snow men!
The house is all decorated and the tree is up! (we unfortunately have a fake tree so its easy put up and bring down) last night I went over to good Friends of mine, they just purchased a real tree and were in the process of getting it up and inside...easier said then done. After struggling with the height of the tree and having to measure once and cut twice we finally got it inside only to find the tree stand was broken and not holding the tree up right. The tree ended up back outside and we ended up open a bottle of red wine ha ha and to be honest even with all the frustration and pine needles everywhere it made me really want a real tree. What does everyone else think? Who else still does the frustrating task of cutting their own tree and vacuuming needles during the holiday season? What I cant deny is the smell of the pine just put me instantly in the holiday mood!
I promise I wont leave you hanging like last time! I will try to update you all at least once during our week trip out to Vancouver and certainly once before we head out...
until then... HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM NIKKI & KYLE!
